King County Community Salmon Fund
Request for Proposal
Deadline for Proposals: November 6, 2009
Background
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and King County have
established the Community Salmon Fund to stimulate small-scale,
voluntary action by community groups, in cooperation with landowners and
businesses, to support salmon recovery on private property in the Cedar
River, Lake Washington, Sammamish Watershed (WRIA 8), the Green/Duwamish
& Central Puget Sound Watershed (WRIA 9), and southern Snohomish
County. Projects on public property will be considered if they have
excellent community involvement and can serve as a model for projects
that target similar efforts on private property. Grants will be jointly
selected by NFWF and King County and administered by the Foundation.
Goals
The goals of the King County Community Salmon Fund are to:
Eligible Costs
The King County Community Salmon Fund will award grants of up to
$75,000. However, only a limited number of awards will be made at that
level and requests of $30,000 or less are more the norm. The program's
primary focus is smaller, community-based projects that are part of a
larger effort to restore a main stem or a tributary to a level likely to
produce, maintain, or increase sustainable runs of salmonids, so
requests for funds for large-scale restoration projects (such as SRFB
proposals) will not be considered.
Examples of eligible activities:
- Restoration of habitat within and along salmon-bearing rivers,
streams, and the marine nearshore.
- Project design and development that is anticipated to lead to an
on-the-ground restoration project.
- Conservation easements and/or less-than-full-fee acquisitions.
- Enlisting landowners in tangible activities that will have a direct
impact on salmonid habitat protection and/or restoration.
- Other projects that have a direct impact on salmonid habitat
projection and/or restoration.
In addition, the following new project categories are eligible for
funding under this round of the King County Community Salmon Fund:
- Maintenance of previously awarded King County Community Salmon Fund
projects.
- Development of a micro-granting program to fund very small (<$5,000)
restoration, enhancement, or education projects. Successful applicants
would receive CSF funds to award as subgrants to individuals and/or
other organizations to implement small restoration projects. </ul
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Applicants interested in submitting a proposals under one of these
new categories are asked to contact Brian Ferrasci-O'Malley
(bferrasci-omalley@evergreenfc.com) at (206) 691-0700 prior to
submitting an application.
Finally, special consideration will be given to applicants that are
proposing to implement a fish barrier removal project based on the
winning design from the 2007 Radical Salmon design contest - Stacked
Culvert Fish Ladder. A link to information and instructions for this
design are available at http://www.nfwf.org/csf/kingcounty.
Note: Full-fee acquisition, education projects uncoupled
from measurable actions, mitigation or corrective actions, general
planning and studies, and legal or lobbying efforts are ineligible.
Also, isolated projects (i.e. those with no coordinate link to
community-based or government efforts to restore or sustain salmonids in
a specified system) will not be considered for funding unless they can
serve as a compelling model for widespread adoption.
Applicants
Applicants may by non-profits, educational institutions, tribes,
community groups, business associations, RFEGs, conservation districts,
or local governments. Community groups without non-profit tax status
will need to secure an eligible financial sponsor. Successful applicants
will:
- Have excellent connections and high credibility with communities
that live and work along salmon-bearing waters.
- Have a history of successfully implemented conservation or
restoration projects or have initiated projects with target
communities.
- Demonstrate innovative and creative solutions to conservation
problems
- Develop other partnerships to sustain their conservation
initiatives.
- Demonstrate the capacity to maintain the habitat values of the
project site.
Application Process and Schedule
Applications for the King County Community Salmon Fund are due
November 6, 2009. Applicants will be notified of the results
in March 2010.
The King County Community Salmon Fund uses NFWF's online application
interface: EasyGrants. To start an application, please click on the
following link: http://www.nfwf.org/easygrants. New users to the
system will be prompted to register before starting their application.
Once you have started an application, you can save it and return at a
later point to complete it, up until the application deadline. Please be
sure to disable the pop-up blocker on your Internet browser prior to
starting an application.
Review Process
A technical team made up of regional experts familiar with salmon
recovery needs, techniques, and the local communities will review
proposals based on technical merit, potential benefit to the community,
and cost-effectiveness. Projects will be selected for funding jointly by
NFWF and King County. Preference will be given to proposals that:
- Address priorities identified in the local recovery plan.
- Address salmon habitat restoration on private property.
- Have excellent salmon benefits and high visibility.
- Engage community groups as project sponsors and/or hosts.
- Include a location, project type, or community partner that is
under-represented in salmon recovery efforts.
- Have a high likelihood of being self-sustaining after the grant
period.
- Include significant match from other sources (at least 50% of the
total grant request in case or in-kind contributions; i.e. for an
application requesting $30,000 of CSF funds an applicant would be
expected to document at least $15,000 of matching funds, for a total
project cost of $45,000). Match funds may be cash or in-kind from the
applicant or partners, and must be non-federal. Note: BIA 638 program
funds, such as the "Pacific Salmon Treaty Research Fund," are eligible
as match funds. Washington DOE 319 funds are not eligible as non-federal
match funds.
See http://www.govlink.org/watersheds/8/planning/chinook-conservation-plan.aspx
or http://www.govlink.org/watersheds/9/plan-implementation/default.aspx,
or contact your regional funding coordinator for more information on
local salmon recovery priorities. The contact for WRIA 8 (Cedar,
Sammamish, and Lake Washington) is Mary Jorgensen at (206) 296-8067. The
contact for WRIA 9 (Green/Duwamish) is Karen Bergeron at (206)
296-8383.
Further Information
For more information about the Community Salmon Fund application
process, contact Brian Ferrasci-O'Malley (bferrasci-omalley@evergreenfc.com)
at (206) 691-0700. This document and links to the online application are
available at http://www.nfwf.org/csf/kingcounty.
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